wander(6)

wander6

Colorful random-walk.

Usage

wander [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--density number] [--reset number] [--length number] [--delay number] [--circles] [--size number] [--advance number] [--fps]

Overview

Draws a colorful random-walk, in various forms.

Options

--visual visual

Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.

--window

Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.

--root

Draw on the root window.

--window-id number

Draw on the specified window.

--density number

Density. 1 - 30. Default: 2.

--reset number

Number of frames before resetting. Default: 2500000.

--length number

Number of iterations. Default: 25000.

--delay number

Sustain. 0 - 60. Default: 1.

--circles | --no-circles

Whether to draw spots.

--size number

Size. 0 - 100. Default: 1.

--advance number

Color Contrast. 1 - 100. Default: 1.

--fps

Display the current frame rate and CPU load.

Environment

DISPLAY

to get the default host and display number.

XENVIRONMENT

to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.

XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW

The window ID to use with --root.

Author

Rick Campbell.

From xscreensaver 6.15-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.